Quotes About Fitness

Health is only part of the overall picture for aging gracefully. You also need to be fit; you need muscles for movement, to keep your bones strong and protect you from falls, to burn body fat, and avoid being overweight.

Rather than increase your pace, gradually increase your total workout time.

It dawned upon everybody that Aggie, at perhaps a hundred and sixty pounds and five feet nine and a half, was, as Beth later said, 'dynamite in the physical culture department.

I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do.

I've made a promise to myself to be a 100% healthy person if nothing else.

I go jogging for 25 minutes every morning, even if I'm away from home.

We don't care which products you like, but you should be using UnderArmour.com - which is now MapMyFitness - and having a reason to visit us every day.

I'm a bit of a night owl, I'm always visiting the gym throughout the night.

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.

Pilates is great for stretching and building core strength, which is vital when it comes to getting the most out of your runs.

I'm so excited to be a Coppertone brand ambassador because as an athlete, taking care of my body is a huge part of my job, and sunscreen is a vital part of that.

From middle age on, there's nothing more vital to your health and weight control than building lean muscle mass, and the only way that happens is with weight training and exercise.

Pilates has been the perfect solution to maintaining strength and vitality in my life.

Diet is really important, and I think vitamins are really important, also.

I always felt slightly grubbier than most American people. I was never quite as groomed as everyone else, never quite as fit as anyone else. I didn't have my protein shake and my vitamins.

My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.

I'm a big vitamins girl. I take iron because, especially being a female athlete, I have to make sure iron levels are good to go.

I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.

People are living a lot longer these days and not preparing for it. I'm in the gym and, you know, using my voice.

I don't come from a very ambitious family. We weren't entrepreneurial. We weren't hard-working academics, or setting up businesses. But for some reason, when I started doing fitness, I always had this voice in my head telling me to keep going - keep going, and people will eventually follow.

I usually play volleyball three times a week.

I have actually been sporty right from my childhood. I was quite chubby in the first eight years of my life. But then I began playing volleyball in school. That did it. I lost all my baby fat and became slim.

I only box. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. I can't just go to the gym and run. I'd rather die. I played volleyball and rode horses my entire life, so just, like, moving to a city and having to go the gym was just, like, so weird for me.

I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.